Actually, the quickport pro does feature an e-sata connection (the
quickport duo has two e-sata connections), so no problems there.

The point of my question was more about the hot-swapping part of the
process. Is Bacula able to tell the operator to "swap disks" instead of
"change tapes"?
It should write to the device like it's a disk, but handle the logic of
mounting/unmounting/changing like it's a tape, so to speak. Both things
Bacula can do, but can it combine the both like this? Is there a
configuration possible where Bacula will actually do this?

Regards,

Erik.

Olaf Zevenboom schreef:
> Erik Logtenberg wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does anyone have experience with the Quickport (or Quickport duo) [1] in
>> combination with Bacula? I suppose one could use it to make backups to
>> disk, without the need for an expensive multi-disk-enclosure (with or
>> without RAID). This would work more like backups to tape (with manual
>> tape exchanging), but instead of using tapes one can use disks.
>>
>> [1]
>> http://www.sharkoon.com/html/produkte/externe_gehaeuse/sata_quickport/index_en.html
>>
>>
>> There are many advantages:
>> - Disks can be much faster than tape;
>> - The big disadvantage of disk-to-disk backups (huge amounts of always
>> simultaneously online disks needed) doesn't apply;
>> - Cheap.
>>   
> I do not have experience with this specific product, BUT, from reading
> on the net, talking to various people and from personal experience (it
> was not my idea to try it)  I can tell you that USB is a very very very
> bad idea to use / trust for reliable backups. Why? Pumping huge amounts
> of data over USB to a disk cause things to get very hot. Often to hot to
> handle resulting in BBQ-ing the USB-SATA converter or your disk(s).
> Better to consider a NAS or E-SATA solution.
> 
> Regards
> Olaf

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